Harrelson Center

The Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center continues its metamorphosis from a place of incarceration to a place of transformation. Previously housing the New Hanover County Detention Center, the Harrelson Center is now the home of several non-profit agencies which work to touch lives and fill them with purpose, hope and healing.

Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center
Partners in Service and Ministry

Campus Crusade for Christ

Drug Court

Habitat for Humanity

Phoenix Employment Ministry

Communities in Schools of Cape Fear

Christian Women's Job Corps

Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry

Campus Crusade for Christ
Campus Crusade for Christ is committed to reaching out to all of UNCW and CFCC. Life Builders is a separate initiative, under the umbrella of Campus Crusade, which reaches out in the wider community to equip believers to reach and disciple others into a relationship with God. Shane Hartley, Director of Faculty Commons, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ can be reached at (910) 352-5253. Charles Greer, Director of Life Builders, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Life can be reached at (704) 975-2744.

Drug Court
This North Carolina Court directed initiative is designed to assist in the identification and rehabilitation of individuals with recognized non-violent offenses related to substance abuse.
Penny Craver, Drug Treatment Court Coordinator, can be reached at (910) 341-1501.
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Habitat for Humanity
The administrative offices of Cape Fear Habitat are housed in the Harrelson Center and direct a Christian housing ministry serving the Cape Fear Area including New Hanover, Pender, and northeastern Brunswick counties. Barbara Birkenheuer, Executive Director, can be reached at (910) 762-4744.
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Phoenix Employment Ministry
Their mission is to empower the sheltered homeless and nearly homeless by helping them to build self-confidence, by instilling hope, by providing resources for job hunting, by teaching job-hunting skills, and by helping them to find and keep satisfying work. Don Skinner, Executive Director, can be reached (910) 343-8469.
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Communities in Schools of Cape Fear (CISCF)
CISCF is a community teen based dropout prevention program and more. Their goals are to champion the connection between community resources and the public schools for the purpose of helping young people learn successfully, stay in school and prepare for life. Louise Hicks, Executive Director of Communities in Schools, can be reached at (910) 343-1901. more

Christian Women's Job Corps
Christian Women's Job Corps provides a Christian holistic approach in which women in need are empowered and equipped for life and employment, moving from dependency to self-sufficiency; and a missions context in which women help women. Mary Ellen Bowman, Director of Christian Women's Job Corps, may be reached at 910-799-1160. more

Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM)
The purpose of the Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry, Inc. (WARM, Inc.) is to assist people living in substandard housing, including elderly and disabled. WARM works with individuals, organizations, and businesses in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender Counties.
Executive Director Jeannie Skane may be reached at 910-339-7563. more